LAUNCH ADRIFT.
TOWED BACK BY STEAMER. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, 'Monday. A fishing launch with ten people on board, including two children, broke down off the Heads yesterday and began to drift to sea. The clutch key broke, and the engine could not be started. The wind got. up, and rough seas drenched everyone. Other launches about did not see the signals, but as darkness came on the little steamer Waipiat-a, from Napier, saw them, turned back, and towed the launch to sal'etv.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17978, 25 March 1930, Page 9
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83LAUNCH ADRIFT. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17978, 25 March 1930, Page 9
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